Profile
Dr Todd Chang is a board-certified Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician who held faculty positions at George Washington University / Children’s National Medical Center (Washington, DC) and now at the University of Southern California / Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. He works on a daily basis with medical students, residents, and fellows, as well as students in other healthcare disciplines closely and develops, teaches, and utilizes the most current educational technologies and techniques. His research interests in medical educational technology and increasing expertise in distance learning / e-Learning has brought him as a Director of Technology within the International Simulation research network INSPIRE, invited International speaker on the use of distance learning, as well as the Faculty Advisor for the PEMNetwork. Currently, he is the Associate Fellowship Director with Dr. Deborah Liu for the Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at CHLA.
Education
- 2000 – 2004 Doctorate in Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California – Los Angeles, CA
- 2011 – 2014 Masters in Academic Medicine (MAcM), Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California – Los Angeles, CA
- 2005 – 2007 Residency in Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles – Los Angeles, CA
- 2007 – 2010 Fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles – Los Angeles, CA
Recent & Current Appointments and Committee Memberships
- 2017 – current Associate Professor of Medical Education (Educational Scholar) Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California – Los Angeles, CA
- 2015 – current Associate Professor of Medical Education (Educational Scholar) Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California – Los Angeles, CA
- 2023 – current 2023 – current Vice Chair for Education, Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California – Los Angeles, CA
- 2023 – current Medical Director, Las Madrinas Simulation Center, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles – Los Angeles, CA
- 2019 – current Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE), Society for Simulation in Healthcare – Washington, DC
- 2019 – current Research Director, Las Madrinas Simulation Center, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles – Los Angeles, CA
Research Interests
- Educational Technology
- Simulation-based Education & Assessment
- Game-based / Virtual Reality-based Education & Assessment
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Programmatic Faculty & Interdisciplinary Development
